24th August - Law News

Edition 4258: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: The man who defied Vladimir Putin and led a failed mutiny in Russia has reportedly been killed in a plane crash. Yevgeny Prigozhin was the boss of the Wagner Mercenary group, who's fierce tactics were feared on the battlefront in Ukraine, as well as Syria and parts of Africa. Isabella Currie from La Trobe University says Prigozhin had made a lot of enemies and that his death doesn’t come as a surprise.

 Focus of the Day Legal News: The government’s record on the administration of justice – maybe the most dismal in memory, given legal aid deserts, long court delays and the other Dickensian horrors with which we are familiar – has received another severe rebuke, this time from an unexpected and embarrassing quarter: a court in Germany. Full story - The Law Society Gazette  

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Human rights group backs Manchester men who say racism led to murder convictions - Three black men jailed under joint enterprise law, which is often based on ‘dubious evidence’ of gang membership, says Liberty https://tinyurl.com/yhpwxfnc
  
• Pre-action protocols should be designed for LiPs, council concludes | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/ycxpucnm
  
• Rishi Sunak inadvertently failed to declare childcare interest, rules MPs watchdog https://tinyurl.com/mtx3aadk
• Warning over scam SRA email which 'may' contain malware | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/ayyjd6mj
  
• Nearly 500 employment equality complaints were received by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in the first half of 2023, with disability, gender and race making up the bulk of complaints | Irish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/mwpfbpb2
• County court should have adjourned trial after defendant got Covid - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/35hn4x75
• A Lucy Letby inquiry must answer this: why was she seen as a victim, not a killer? https://tinyurl.com/3emk7v6s